The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-09-15

Mr.. Thomas A. Jones has been appoint
ed Notary Public for the county Of
Buncombe.
Tench Coxe'a ''Nellie" and Rays
duchess" will run a half mile this
evening at the races. This should be an
interesting trial of speed.
The treasurer of Mission Hospital
gratefully acknowledges the receipt of
$16.4O from the Donkey Party at Battery
Park, also of $5 from collection taken up
at Sunday night service at Battery Park.
Gov. Scales has accepted the resigna-
ton of DIR. Eugene Grissom as Surgeon
General of North Carolina. The Doctor
still holds the position in which he is so
useful and distinguished as head of the
Insane Asylum at Raleigh.
We again invite attention to the sale
this n. ming at II o'clock, on the pre-
misses, of the Eve desirable lots on South
Main street, conveniently located, i'm
mediately opposite the residence of DR..
Cain. Capitalists should be in attend
ance.
The proprietors of the Buncombe
Warehouse inform us that Mr.. J. S.
Brown, of Whittier, has perhaps the
finest crop of tobacco III that section.
Mr.. Brown is not only an accomplished
teacher, but is proving himself good
farmer.
Mr.. S. d. Hall yesterday received a
letter from Mr.. James Buttrick dated
london, Sept. End. Mr.. B. went on a
visit to his old English home some time
in August, sailing from New York in the
steamship Ohio. He will leave in the
same vessel about the Goth inst. Mr.
Buttrick expresses the pleasure that the
visit has given him and his keen enjoy
ment of old scenes and the companion
ship of old friends.
The question of the extension of rail
road facilities by the announcement and
aid to new roa1s to centre in Buncombe
county, whose action will be nightly in
f1uenced by our action, is now fairly and
squarelY presented to our people. The
question is, shall We take some risks to
accomplish great endsP Shall we incur
a county debt upon the foundations of
which TO build up prosperity in COM
parison with which the debt is a trife
The measure of debt is the weight with
which it presses upon him or them who
incur it. If the investment represented
by the debt return its hundred or a
thousand fold, then, il that view, q debt
is converted into a blessing. The direct
fruit of such debt is to increase popula-
ton to great extent, to add to the items
and variety of business, to enhance the
value of property, to enlarge the subjects
of taxation, to swell the volume of assess
ments. And distributed among this in.
creased number of people, and this en-.
larged field oftaxation, to fall lightly up
on the individual, while every one and
every interest will share in the genera
benefit.
Buncombe county can therefore not
only safely but wisely take the steps
necessary to secure the advent Of fear
or halfa dozen or dozen new rail road
into its territory. The burden of con
struction, after all, falls upon the con
structing companies, What the county
is called upon to contribute would no
build much over half a dozen miles O
each of the roads for which aid is pro
posed to be given, and not solitary cen
towards equipment What Buncombe i
asked to give is the contribution of en-
enlargement, good will and rational in
terest. 1t would attain its object in tn
Iconstruction OF these roads, or any O
them, at wonderfully small cost.
Can there be hesitation. in the city, O
in the county?